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Two attorneys join as partners in N.Y. office

Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling, found guilty of leading a fraud that destroyed the company and spurred stricter corporate governance laws, asked a federal appeals court to overturn his conviction. Skilling, 53, asked the U.S. Court of ...

BP Plc eliminated safety items ranging from first-aid kits to fire-smothering blankets to cut operating costs, according to documents shown to jurors in the first trial over a fatal 2005 explosion at its Texas refinery. “This is a prime example ...

Henry Allen, former vice president and chief operating officer of Global Power Global Wealth Enterprises was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment on conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering charges involving a fraudulent investment scheme, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway ...

Eli Lilly & Co. said a doctor agreed to pay $100,000 to settle the drugmaker’s allegations that he selectively leaked documents on the schizophrenia treatment Zyprexa to the New York Times. The settlement followed a court ruling in February involving ...

David Huntington, former counsel to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, joined New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Huntington works in the 573-lawyer firm’s capital-markets and securities practice as “of counsel,” a salaried position, ...

Johnson & Johnson added new claims in its lawsuit against the American Red Cross over the use of the red cross emblem on health-care products. J&J, the world’s biggest health-products company, is trying to stop the nonprofit group from licensing ...

Bill Clinton Bill Clinton’s “Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World” is less a book than a stump speech, an extended argument for the ripple effect of benevolent acts, whether of money, time, expertise or talent. Clinton’s approach ...

In the 60 years since Aug. 15, 1947, when India achieved independence, many have written the country’s obituary, the historian Ramachandra Guha observes. But democracy thrives and many are better off than they used to be: India has the world’s ...

The global flight to the safety of government debt is causing the widest price swings in Treasuries in three years, driving away traders who rely on computer models to guide their strategies and raising costs for investors. Volatility rose last ...